Abstract
Gastroparesis being multifocal abnormality is characterized by objective feeling of prolong time of gastricretention without any evidence of anatomical blockage. The key symptoms include early satiety, feeling of fullness after meals, nausea, vomiting, bloating, and upper abdominal pain. Radio isotopic Gastric emptying study using radiolabelled test food isintegrated clinically forevaluation of functional gastricmotility disorders. We present a young female having abdominal pain and vomiting for two months. She was investigated for anatomical causes and no abnormality was uncovered. Gastric Emptying scintigraphy revealed delayed lag phase and half gastric emptying time consistent with the diagnosis of Gastroparesis
Dr. Asif Jielani,, Jawad Akhtar Hussain, , Rashid Rasheed. (2018) GASTRIC EMPTYING SCINTIGRAPHY IN ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC VOMITING, JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE ABBOTTABAD, Volume 30, Issue 2.
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